The EU’s ‘class of 2004’

The so-called Big Bang Enlargement came of age on May 1, 2022. Eighteen years ago, 10 new countries joined the European Union. In my piece for The Times (10.V.2022), I look at what this anniversary means:

"We must ask whether the European experience has been internalised enough for citizens to make a success of it. Have domestic attitudes and national politics adapted to this new way of doing politics or have countries tried to export national attitudes to a transnational context?"

The full piece may be read on The Times of Malta website by clicking here.